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Chapter 343
The air was thick with the smell of damp concrete and stale oil.Jessica’s eyes fluttered open slowly, her vision swimming in and out of focus. Everything was blurred, shapes and shadows merging into one another like a half-remembered dream.Her head throbbed, making it hard for her to think.She tried to move her hands, but they didn't respond because her wrists were bound, tied tightly to the arms of a chair.Panic flickered weakly in her chest, but her body felt too heavy, too sluggish to react.Her ankles were tied too—strapped to the legs of the chair.She blinked slowly, trying to force her vision to clear, to make sense of where she was.The room around her was dim, lit only by a single overhead bulb that cast uneven light across cracked concrete walls. The space was small, windowless, with exposed pipes running along the ceiling and a heavy metal door at the far end.She couldn’t tell if it was a basement or some kind of utility area, but she was certain it was underground.
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The location was an abandoned transit maintenance yard on the outskirts of the city.However, she found no one as she looked around.Just shadows.Her breath misted in the cold air as she walked deeper into the yard, her footsteps crunching softly against gravel.“Hello?” she called out, her voice tentative.After getting no response, she sent a message to the person, asking where they were and letting them know she’d arrived.The reply came almost right away.The person told her they were behind a bus frame on the east side.With that, she moved in that direction, weaving between the skeletal remains of old buses and machinery.The shadows grew thicker, the light from the distant streetlamps barely penetrating this far.And then she saw a figure, who was standing in the darkness, partially obscured by the frame of a gutted bus. It was obvious the person was a male from his build.He had on a dark hoodie with the hood pulled down low, covering most of his face, and hi
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The day had been nothing short of catastrophic for Jessica.She sat on the floor of her ransacked apartment, her back pressed against the overturned sofa, her knees drawn up to her chest. Around her were her drawers, which had been yanked open and emptied, her cushions slashed, and her other belongings scattered like debris after a storm.Three burglars had hit the entire apartment building while most residents were out during the day. They’d been efficient, and brutal. Every unit had been stripped clean.And she had lost almost everything.Her laptop. Her camera equipment. The jewelry Ethan had gotten her, which she’d been saving to wear for something special. All the other nice things he’d bought her, and more.All of them were gone.But none of that mattered.Not compared to what else they’d taken.Her investigation files.Every single hard copy. Every document, every photograph, every handwritten note she’d compiled over months.All of it had been stuffed into a leather messeng
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“She’s what?!" Ethan’s voice was laced with disbelief.The team leader had told him that Jessica was currently at the gates where Adrian and Lucas were residing, to meet with Lucas.“You’ve got to be kidding me," Ethan let out a low, incredulous chuckle, still trying to process what he’d just heard.He couldn't believe she could have the effrontery to meet the same man, whose father had once attempted to kill her.“Fearless,” he muttered under his breath, shaking his head. "Reckless. Stubborn. Absolutely out of her mind—”He pressed his fingers to his temple, exhaling sharply, because he believed that she wasn't just walking into danger but inviting it—ringing the bell and asking it to come out and play.It was like standing in front of a loaded gun and daring someone to pull the trigger.“What is she thinking?” he whispered, his voice tight with frustration and panic.The team leader's voice came through again. “Sir, I’m not certain what her objective is—”“I know what it is,” Ethan
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The second Ethan walked out of Aurelius Conglomerate headquarters, reporters rushed at him from all sides. They crowded around him like a swarm, shoving microphones in his face while cameras flashed non-stop. Their voices overlapped as they asked him if what Vanessa had said was true.His security team quickly moved in to protect him, but he held up his hand, telling them to wait.Earlier that morning, Vanessa had dropped a video online where she called him a fraud and a liar, claiming he had scammed her family into signing over their company to him, saying he never kept his end of the deal. In the video, she’d laid out the whole story of what went down between them."What do you have to say about these allegations?”Another voice cut in before he could respond. “She’s also threatened legal action! Is Sterling Global prepared to face a lawsuit?”“Did you intentionally mislead the Callum family?”Ethan let the questions hang in the air for a moment, his gaze sweeping
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Jessica wrapped her arms around Ethan, pulling him close as she buried her face against his chest. “You really didn’t have to do all this. This is too much. Way too much." Her voice came out muffled and soft. The room was filled with elegant shopping bags from luxury stores. They were congratulatory gifts for her reinstatement at work and her promotion. His hand moved gently up and down her back. "There’s no such thing as too much when it comes to you," he said tenderly, a smile playing on his lips. “Awwn,” she cooed. She pulled back from the embrace just enough to look at him, though their bodies remained close. “You’re going to spoil me rotten, you know that?” "It's barely been a week that you got me so many gifts." His hands stayed firmly on her waist, his thumbs tracing absent circles through her blouse, while his eyes held her gaze. She tilted her head, a playful smile tugging at her lips. “What can I do for you? To appreciate all this kindness?” “There's no need to,"
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